Privacy

FedScoop reports that the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General found that the Veterans Health Administration's national cancer testing program had at least one project that did not comply with required security and privacy procedures.

Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Mark Meador has pushed the adoption of online age verification to better protect children from online security threats, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Spain's High Court has closed its investigation into the use of NSO Group's Pegasus spyware to target the mobile devices of top Spanish officials, including Prime Minister Pedro Snchez and Defense Minister Margarita Robles, citing a repeated lack of cooperation from Israel, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Cybernews reports that Signal CEO Meredith Whittaker has issued a forceful critique of the tech industrys pervasive data collection practices, arguing that privacy is a fundamental human right, not a luxury or a concern only for those with "something to hide."

The agency issued a Request for Information (RFI) to gauge the availability of personal, financial, location, and health data, according to a recent report by The Register.

Google has agreed to a $68 million settlement for a class-action lawsuit alleging that its voice assistant had eavesdropped on its users while providing the collected conversations with advertisers, according to CBS News.

A London High Court has awarded over £3 million in damages to a Saudi satirist and human rights activist, Ghanem Al-Masarir, after finding compelling evidence that his phone was hacked with government-grade spyware.

Technology and security executives across Australia and New Zealand warn that rapid AI adoption is fundamentally reshaping data privacy risk, as ungoverned AI tools and autonomous agents create vast new attack surfaces and expose critical gaps in identity and access controls, reports Security Brief Australia.